Monthly Archives: November 2016
how to keep the iDoctor away
DetectX has been updated today to v2.37, and amongst other changes now detects and removes iDoctor.app. This piece of software appears to be another MacKeeper clone, with both sharing a common interface, code and file structures.
In the screenshot above, you can see DetectX doing its work – note the parallel file detections as DetectX hunts down both MacKeeper and iDoctor.
Below is a sidebar shot of MacKeeper on the left and iDoctor on the right. Underneath that are shots showing how the two interfaces are almost direct mirrors of each other. It’s hard to believe these are not both being built from the same base code, and we strongly suspect that the developers of iDoctor are very likely the same developers of MacKeeper, or at least real close friends!
how to keep track of XProtect & friends
Over on Sqwarq, we’ve just released a new security and troubleshooting utility, the Critical Updates.app.
This little tool will help you keep track of when Apple make changes to system config data like XProtect, Gatekeeper and the Malware Removal Tool. It will also alert you if there is a Security update in the App Store that needs to be manually applied.
Critical Updates is free for home use. Organisations wishing to license it for commercial-scale use should contact me through Sqwarq support.
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